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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2014, 2:46 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2014, 2:46 PM MDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2014, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 122 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 23, 2:00 PM MDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:00 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 6:11 AM MDT, 8 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 611 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-241215- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES- NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY- CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN- WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA- WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN- SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY- 611 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEST AREAS HAVE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DOWN BURST WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...MAINLY WEST OF EL PASO. EAST AREAS HAVE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE HAIL...MAINLY OVER OTERO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES. PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE DEVELOPMENT OF DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER ISOLATED LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AREA WIDE...BUT MOST LIKELY OVER AREA MOUNTAINS. SLIGHT RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS MONDAY...BUT THE REST OF THE REGION SHOULD BE DRY. DRY ALL AREAS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. POTENTIAL FOR MOISTURE TO RETURN THURSDAY WITH MORE STORMS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN REAL TIME TO ASSIST US WITH WARNING OPERATIONS. BIRD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 23, 2:40 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 39 min |
| May 23, 4:38 PM MDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna | 4 hr |
| May 23, 1:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 44 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.